Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Second Landlord, Ann Phone
Well, didn't you stop me from acting rashly, obviously looking down on me! Watching me do something big has to impress you.
Chu Jiao made up her mind, but she still told the maid. When you call her again, if she is not there, you can tell the garage's phone number.
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Shen Chen bought some food and returned home, and found that after a few days of work, a lot of changes had taken place in the family.
The other side room was rented by Zhou Qiao and Huang Xiulan, and the second room on both sides of the guest hall also had tenants.
According to his vision, the lease ended there.
But Professor Luo was still very helpless, and introduced him very unexpectedly, saying that a female teacher of the school had no room to live in. Now I will borrow the storage room, hoping that Shen Chen can rent out the storage room in the guest hall or the back patio to him.
Shen Chen is not good at refusing directly, and when he was hesitating, Da Mei had already offered to let out the miscellaneous house where she was living now, and she would just sleep in the kitchen.
In this regard, Shen Chen smiled bitterly and accepted it. Simply, he told Professor Luo that the storage room was also rented out, and the living room was shared by everyone.
But he wants a few tenants to spread some money and install a phone in the house.
Although Professor Luo agreed, it was not easy to be everyone's master.
So, he summoned the tenant to the living room, met with Shen Chen, the second landlord, got to know him, and discussed the matter of the phone.
School professors, newspaper editors, bank clerks, shopping mall managers, teachers, Shen Chen can be regarded as seeing all his tenants this time.
They can all be regarded as serious professionals, small citizens, Shen Chen can accept it.
After a brief introduction, the men in charge of the house stayed, and Shen Chen talked about installing the phone.
"It's also for everyone's convenience, and it's better than going out to make a pay phone." Professor Luo was the first to agree.
Zhou Qiao also nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, I used to hesitate to rent a house, just because I didn't have a phone. Now, Mr. Shen shares the living room, which can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness. I don't think it's hard for everyone to share some money, right? ”
Although the bank staff and the mall manager were still a little hesitant, they did not object, it is estimated that Shen Chen's two-bar uniform is quite majestic.
The instructor was a young woman, obviously not deeply involved, and she was in a hurry, and whispered a little: "Can the term of renting a house and the rent be determined, if it is old, it will ...... increase"
Shen Chen understood, smiled, and said, "Okay, let you know the bottom of your heart." The lease term is extended to six months, and the rent remains unchanged for half a year. If the tenant moves out on his own within half a year, the phone money will be refunded. ”
Although the large landlord is bound by the "rent agreement" and cannot increase the price at will, the second landlord can "ask for the price and pay on the spot" for the third tenant.
Some second-hand landlords make a living entirely from renting, and often see that the money is not enough to spend, so they will increase the price for some reason, "If the expenses do not come, and the third-tenant does not increase, the second-hand landlord will not be able to live!" ”
Some second-hand landlords are even more ingenious, stacking beds and frame houses, and renting them to others like small inns.
There are tenants with two-story pavilions and three-story pavilions, and the attic has to borrow a shop for people, leaving early and returning late.
Even, a few tinplates on the terrace and a shed can also be rented.
And a second landlord like Shen Chen, who only rents the whole house and promises that the rent will remain unchanged for half a year, cannot be said to be none, but there are very few.
Therefore, as soon as Shen Chen said this, several tenants immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on their faces, and they all expressed their willingness to pay for the phone.
Originally, I was worried that I would spread the money, but I would be forced to move out in a month or two, and the money was not spent in vain. Now, naturally, that worry is gone.
In fact, Shen Chen's phone can afford to be safe, but like a second landlord, he strives to keep a low profile and try not to make people suspect that his income is disproportionate to his expenses.
Well, now that the tenant is almost full, not only has he earned back his rent, but he has also earned some more income.
The phone is also shared, and it does not make people suspect that he, the second landlord, is too generous.
This guy is very shrewd, and he is not stingy, he does things without complaining.
Zhou Qiao commented in his heart, and glanced at Shen Chen again.
Through Professor Luo, Zhou Qiao knew that Shen Chen was the patrol who did not have his name published in the newspaper. Killing two and capturing one Zodiac thug is very powerful.
However, Zhou Qiao did not know whether Shen Chen was loyal to his duties and eager to make meritorious contributions, or whether he was sympathetic to the anti-Japanese resistance and hated the act of sabotaging anti-Japanese propaganda.
Therefore, when Shen Chen politely invited a few tenants to have a drink and chat in the living room, Zhou Qiao was slightly humble and stayed.
There was a tavern near the house, Shen Chen took the lion's head, and Professor Luo and Zhou Qiao added two yuan. The little manager and the bank clerk went to run errands, and soon bought two bottles of wine, as well as peanuts, roast chicken, marinated water and other snacks.
Men, getting together, drinking and farting, soothing emotions, and getting acquainted with feelings, it seems to be nature.
"Mr. Shen has been rewarded, and he has to have a toast to the joy of promotion." Professor Luo and Zhou Qiao both noticed the two bars on Shen Chen's uniform, and with this introduction, the wine began to drink.
Shen Chen didn't drink much, he was very restrained, and he spoke in a measured manner. Even though he let others know that he had joined the special patrol, mainly to strengthen the fight against terrorist activities in the concession, he did not reveal much information.
"Terrorist activities are indeed rampant, and there are several heads hung on them!" The bank clerk took a sip of his wine, seemed to be startling himself, paused, and said nothing but shook his head.
"It is really wishful thinking to use such despicable and cruel hooligan methods to stop the anti-Japanese patriotic propaganda." Although Professor Luo is a man of letters, he does not express fear, but indignation.
The little manager opened his mouth, but didn't say anything, and sighed with a wry smile.
Zhou Qiao secretly observed Shen Chen, and deliberately asked, "Mr. Shen, the Ministry of Industry has set up a special patrol team, presumably there is already a plan for cracking down on terrorist activities, right?" ”
Shen Chen thought for a while and said, "Plan, I don't think it's very useful." Knowing that there was connivance and instigation of the Japanese behind him, he had no way to arrest and investigate people across the Suzhou Creek. ”
Shrugging his shoulders, Shen Chen was a little helpless, "Moreover, there is too little information about the Zodiac Society, and the thugs can enter the concession in a grand manner, but no one knows them." By the time they commit the crime, it's a little too late. ”
In fact, it's not all what Shen Chen said. Of course, there were difficulties, but he still had some ideas, but he couldn't tell these people.
Professor Luo thought so, nodded again and again, and said: "There are too many people in the concession, and it is indeed difficult to distinguish the thugs from them. ”
Zhou Qiao also felt that Shen Chen's analysis was very reasonable, which showed that his mind was relatively detailed, but he still heard something from it.